Ventilating-conduit for garbage-closets.



G; S. ROBINSON. VBNTILATING GONDUIT FOR GARBAGE GLOSETS APPLICATIONFILED NOV. 3, 1910.

983,770. Patented Feb. 7,1911.

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ROBINSON, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

VENTILATING-CONDUIT FOR GARBAGE-CLOSETS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1911.

Application filed November 3, 1910. Serial No. 590,453.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIA S. ROBIN- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New Yor r, borough of Manhattan,in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedVentilating-Conduit for Garbage Closets, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description,

My invention relates to garbage closets and it has for its object toprovide one with a ventilating conduit having at its outer terminal adevice for keeping out the rain, While permitting a free circulation ofair through the conduit, the said device being so constructed that itmay be placed in the wall of a building with either of its closedlongitudinal faces uppermost with equally good results, so that themechanic in installing the device, however careless he may be, will becertain to make a proper connection between the openings of thereceptacle and the atmosphere beyond the conduit.

In this specification I will describe the preferred form of my inventionit being understood that the scope of the invention is defined in theappended claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference denote correspondingparts in all the views, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevationshowing a garbage closet provided with my improved conduit; Fig. 2 is asectional plan view of the conduit, and Fig. 3 is a sectionalperspective view showing the conduit.

By reference to the drawings, it will be seen that a garbage closet 5 isprovided having a bottom 6, a rear wall 7, side walls 8, and a top 10.In the garbage closet 5 is disposed a garbage can 11, which 'is providedwith a lid 12, the front of the garbage closet 5 being closed by a door13. There are two openings 14 in the rear walls 7 of the recep tacle 5,these openings 14 being in communication with the communicating means15, formed by openings in the brick construction. In each of theseopenings 15 is disposed a member 16, these members 16 having upper walls18, lower walls 19, side walls 20, the side walls 20 connecting theupper and lower walls. At the outer end 'of each of these members 16,there are disposed two members 21, which are secured to the upper andlower walls 18 and 19 respectively. The members 21 converge inwardlywith their inner terminals 22 spaced from each other. A lug 23 issecured to the members 21, and connects them at their inner terminals.Members 24 are disposed horizontally at the outer side of each of themembers 16, the sides of the members 24 resting against the side walls20 of the members 16, the members 24 being held in place by screws 25,disposed in orifices 26 in the members 24, these screws 25 beingdisposed through orifices 27 in the lug 23, and being held in place bymeans of nuts 28. It will therefore be seen that there is acommunicating means leading from the interior of the garbage closet toeach of the openings 14, the said communicating means extending to thewall at the outer side of the building, the members 16 forming units inthese communicating means respectively. It will also be seen that asthese members 16 are constructed with upper and lower walls 18 and 19,and a member 21 extending downwardly from the upper wall 18, and amember 21 extending upwardly from the lower wall 19, they willcorrespond with each other, so that the me chanic may insert the member16 in the wall horizontally with the members 24 outwardly disposed,without examining them with care. The member 16 may be constructed atlittle expense, and may be readily handled and fitted into the wall of abuilding.

Having thus described my invent-ion I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A terminal for a conduit having upper and lower portions, memberssecured to the said upper and lower portions of the conduit, the saidmembers converging inwardly, a lug connecting the inner terminals of thesaid members, a transverse member disposed against the outer end of theterminal, and means for securing the transverse member to the lug.

2. A. receptacle having an opening, a com municating means having anouter terminal with upper and lower portions leading from the opening,members secured to the upper and lower portions of the communicatingmeans, the members converging inwardly with their inner portions spacedfrom each other, and an additional vertically disposed member secured tothe outer terminal of the communicating means, and spaced from its topand bottom.

3. A receptacle having an opening, a communicating means having an outerterminal with upper and lower portions leading from the opening, memberssecured to the upper and lower portions of the communicating means atthe outer terminal, the said members converging inwardly, a lugconnecting the inner terminals of the said members, a transverse memberdisposed against the outer terminal of the communicating means, andmeans for securing the transverse member to the lug.

4. A terminal for a conduit with walls disposed opposite each other,members secured to the said walls, the members converging inwardly, alug connecting the said members, a transverse member disposed againstthe outer end of the terminal, and means for securing the transversemember to the lug.

5. A terminal for a conduit, members dis- In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

CORNELIA S. ROBINSON. lVltnesses EVERARD B. MARSHALL, PHILIP D.ROLLI-IAUS.

